MOD Shoeburyness

MOD Shoeburyness is located near to Southend-on-Sea in Essex on the southeast coast of England. It offers a broad array of weapon and military equipment test, evaluation and training over land and firm tidal areas.

The Range covers a land area of 7,500 acres with 35,000 acres of tidal sands. MOD Shoeburyness consists of 21 operational firing areas and unique capabilities for Demilitarisation and Environmental Testing of Live and Inert stores. This unique terrain enables the over-water recovery of munitions up to a range of 22km, ground-to-ground firings of up to 27km, long-range direct fire up to 3.5km, sea danger areas up to 35km, and large radial safety areas for explosives trials.

MOD Shoeburyness is a centre of excellence for environmental testing of Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives (OME) and houses the largest Environmental Test Centre in the UK for the testing of Live stores as well as some unique demilitarisation facilities.